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 1                  AMENDMENT TO SENATE RESOLUTION 49

 2        AMENDMENT  NO.      .   Amend  Senate  Resolution  49  by
 3    replacing lines 19 through 31 on page 1 and  all  of  page  2
 4    with the following:

 5        "RESOLVED,  BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
 6    ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that there is created  the
 7    Industrial   Hemp   Investigative  and  Advisory  Task  Force
 8    consisting of the Director  of  Agriculture  or  his  or  her
 9    designee,   who  shall  be  chairperson,  and  12  additional
10    members, 6 each, selected by the President of the Senate  and
11    the  Minority Leader of the Senate, representing expertise in
12    the fields of plant science,  food  processing  science,  law
13    enforcement, herbology, or manufacturing; members of the Task
14    Force   shall   serve   without  compensation  but  shall  be
15    reimbursed for their reasonable and necessary  expenses  from
16    funds appropriated for that purpose; and be it further

17        RESOLVED,   The  Task  Force  shall  study  the  economic
18    viability of industrial hemp production in this State,  shall
19    identify  any  legal  or  other  obstacles to industrial hemp
20    production,  shall  make   any   recommendations   it   deems
21    appropriate,    and    shall    report   its   findings   and
22    recommendations to the Illinois Senate by  January  1,  2000;
23    and  upon  reporting  to  the Senate, the Task Force shall be
 
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 1    dissolved; and be it further

 2        RESOLVED, That the Task Force shall meet initially at the
 3    call of the chairperson and shall hold public  hearings;  and
 4    be it further

 5        RESOLVED, That the University of Illinois College of ACES
 6    (Agricultural,   Consumer,  and  Environmental  Sciences)  is
 7    requested to work  with  the  Task  Force  and  cooperate  in
 8    undertaking the study; and be it further

 9        RESOLVED,  That  suitable  copies  of  this resolution be
10    delivered to the President of the University of Illinois  and
11    the Illinois Director of Agriculture.".

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